EASY recipe for birthday cake

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It's my Dh's birthday on wed and I would like to make him a victoria sponge type cake -jam and butter cream. I am amshamed to admit it, but I have no idea where to start. Please help!

This is delish:

Primary Choice Sponge

Serves 4

115g (4oz) Butter or margarine
115g (4oz) Caster sugar
2 Eggs
225g (8oz) Plain wholewheat flour*
15g (½ oz) Baking powder
85ml (3fl oz) Milk

Topping
85g (3oz) Butter or margarine
85g (3oz) Golden syrup
175g (6oz) Icing sugar
1 tablespoon Drinking chocolate

Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF/Gas 4.

To make the sponge, cream the butter or margarine and sugar together in a bowl. Beat the eggs, and then beat them into the creamed mixture. Sift the flour and baking powder together then add gradually to the creamed mixture. Add sufficient milk to give a soft consistency.

Put into a greased 20cm (8?) square cake tin and bake in the preheated oven until springy to the touch, about 30-35 minutes.

For the topping, melt the butter or margarine and the syrup together in a pan. Sift in the icing sugar and drinking chocolate, and beat until smooth. Spread on to the cake, and leave to set.

• the original recipe ? from The Dinner Lady by Jeanette Orrey ? states plain flour, I used Waitrose Wholewheat Flour and it was lovely!

Thanks